Poem with Questions

Which of the following should you not include in your answer?

• Short relevant quotations from the poem

• Identification of poetic techniques used by the poet

• Commentary on the effects of the poet's use of language

• An explanation of the poet's life and how it links to the poem

When you start to read the poem, what is the first feature you should look at and add notes about?

• The imagery

• The line breaks

• The title

• The poetic form

What word should you use to refer to the the voice in the poem?

• The author

• The writer

• The speaker

• The dramatist

Which of these features should do you not comment on in the poem?

• The structure of the poem including patterns, stanzas repetition

• The sound of the poem in terms of sound techniques such as alliteration, rhyme, rhythm

• The tone towards its subject matter expressed through word choice

• Any difficult words that you don't really understand

The words ambiguous (adj) /ambiguity (n) are very useful in unseen poetry. What do they mean?

• The atmosphere that is created through the use of imagery or description

• The argument or point of view that the poet wishes to get across

• A word or phrase that is unclear and could be understood in many different ways

• The attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things such as weather or animals

How many lines are in a sestet?

• 3

• 6

• 4

• 2

Who wrote this poem?

• William Yeats

• Dylan Thomas

• John Keats

• William Blake

Why does the poet say the trees are "happy, happy"?

• They will never lose their leaves.

• They are witnessing a wedding.

• They are the tallest in the woods.

• They are able to play music.

Which of the following lines does NOT address the urn directly?

• O Attic shape!

• Thou shalt remain

• Thou, silent form

• Fair Youth

Which of the following are the most famous lines from this poem?

• "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter"

• "For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair"

• "Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all Ye know on earth"

• "Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed"